If we take this at face value, it confirms some of what we've heard from the Jets beat writers about their intentions in the draft and casts doubt on other insider information.

Last week, Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News reported that DeCastro would have been the pick if Coples hadn't fallen to No. 16 and the Jets couldn't find a trade-down partner. According to La Canfora, the Jets found their trade-down partner, but they got spooked when only one of their targets fell to No. 16—the other being Seattle Seahawks No. 15 pick DE/OLB Bruce Irvin, not DeCastro. It certainly seems like DeCastro, not Irvin, would have been the other trade down target if Mehta's report was correct about DeCastro being the fallback pick at No. 16.

One explanation for all of this conflicting information is that the Jets don't want it to look like the Seahawks stole Irvin from right under their nose, but that would then throw La Canfora's report into doubt, a report that's consistent with the Steelers' mood and innuendo after the draft.

Whatever the real truth is about the machinations of the Steelers and Jets on draft night, we can all agree that it looks like the Steelers were one of the luckiest teams in the first round, and they may owe an assist to the Seattle Seahawks.